Shocker.



F. H. HEUMANN.

SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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' THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

F. H. HEUMANN.

SHOCKER.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 1. 1915.-

F. H. HEUMANN.

SHOCKER.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cc, WASHINGTON, n. c.

F. H. HEUMANN.

SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1915. 1,17 5,758. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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SHOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed June 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,640.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED H. HEUMANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Seward, in the county ofSeward and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Shockers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to Shockers for use on harvester binders;and it consists in the shocker, hereinafter described and claimed,constructed and arranged'to perform the following functions, viz: toreceive bundles of grain from a binder, form the bundles into a shock,move the shock to upright position, with the heads of the grainuppermost, by swinging movement of the shock former, compress the headofthe shock while it is in the former and until the shock is stood on theground, instantly release the shock to enable it to stand in the stubbleof the field, and finally return the former to its initial positionready for the reception of the bundles to constitute another shock.

The operation of the shocker is manually controlled, and is intended totake place while the operation of the bundle elevator of the binder issuspended; the bundle elevator being placed in operation when theshocker operating means is placed out of operation and vice versa.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention in all of its details will befully understood from the following description and claims when the sameare read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming partof this specification, in which:

Figure 1 isa side elevation illustrating the shocker constituting thebest practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet devised, asthe same appearsat the side of a harvester binder. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, with parts in section. Fig. 4is a detail rear elevation showing the former and the clamps therein,together with certain appurtenances of the clamps. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetail of the door-latching means complementary to the former. Fig. 6 isa detail section showing one of the slides 15 and its appurtenances asproperly arranged relatively to the former.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

My novel shocker is attached to and car- 'vator of the binder.

ried by the harvester binder, and, among other elements, it comprises ashock former 1, having an opening 1' at its upper side for the receptionof bundles from the ele- The scheme of my in vention contemplates theputting of a shaft 2 in gear by the operator as soon as the former 1 isfull; and it also contemplates that the said shaft 2 be automaticallythrown out of gear when it shall have turned through one completerevolution, the means for accomplishing this being hereinafter set forthin detail.

The former 1 is fixed at the upper portion of its front end to atransversely-disposed shaft 3, and this shaft 3 is journaled at its endsin the sides of a reciprocatory or rearwardly and forwardly movablecarrier 4. The said sides of the carrier 4 are equipped with travelingwheels 5 and these are supported and guided by and are adapted to moveon longitudinally-disposed channel beams 6, fixed to the binder frame.

A crank 7 is fixed to one end of the shaft 2, and is connected through arod 8 with the carrier 4, and from this it follows that rota tion of thesaid shaft 2 through a part (say one half) of a revolution will beattended by rearward movement of the carrier 4 on the beams 6, while therotation of the shaft 2 through the remainder of the revolution will beattended by reverse or forward movement of said carrier 4. It will alsobe noticed that the shaft 3 on carrier 4 is provided with a crank 8 andthat said crank is connected through a pivoted rod 9 with a fixed andsuitably bracedv upright 10 on one of the beams 6.

, Incidental to the described rearward movement of the carrier 4, i. 6.,movement of the carrier 4 in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 1,and by the rocking of the shaft '3 through the medium of the crank 8*,rod 9 and frame 10, just described, the former l is caused to swingupwardly on the center of the shaft 3 from its initial horizontalposition to an upright position, in which latter position the dischargeend of the former 1 will be in approximately the same horizontal planeas the shaft 3.

Disposed at the inner sides of the side portions of the shock-former 1are clamps 11 for compressing the head of the shock incidental to thedownward movement of the shock to the ground. The said clamps 11 arecaused to compress the head of the shock by draft on cables 12 due tothe upward and forward swinging movement'of the shock-former 1 and therearward movement of the carrier 4. The cables 12 are connected throughretractile springs 13 with the fixeduprights 10 on the beams 6, and arepassed over the sheaves '14 on slides 15 and of the shock during thegravitation of the shock to the ground. The slides 15 serve to holdtheclampsll in position, and are arranged and movable in grooves 20 inthe side portions of the former 1. I

Expansion springs 22 on the rods 19 are interposed between the slides 15and abutments 28 on the rods so that thesprings are compressed or putunder tension by inward movement of the rods and hence operate when therods are relieved of pull, to quickly move the rods and the clamps 11outwardly.

25 is a lever for retaining theslides15 in their rearmost positionsand-at the same time holdingthe door 26 at'the forward end of the formerl in its closed position. The said lever 25 is provided with a- U-shapedportion, the arms 27 of which are fulerumed on the former 1, at thepoints 28. The said lever 25 is connected through a rod 30 with one armof a latch lever 31. This latch lever is fulcrumed at 32 on theunderside of the former 1, and its other and forward arm isprovided witha beveled head 33 to engage a lug 34 on the door 26. The door-26 isconnected in hinged manner to the shaft 3, and hence when the former 1is in upright position and the lever 31 isdisengaged from the lug 34,the door 26 will'be free to gravitate until it is in pendent positionagainst atransversely-disposed stop 40 on the carrier 4. As the former1' moves to its upright position, the lever 25 engages a stop 41supported by uprights 42 on the beams 6. This engagement rocks the lever25 and thereby releases the slides 15 and the door 26. 'Ihereupon theshock, the clamps 11 and the slides 15 move. downwardly out of theformer. The slides 15 also move in guideways 44 which formcontinuationsof the slots 20 until the latch levers 17 strike trips 45on the said guideways 44 when the springs 22, will operate toimmediately move the clamps 11 apart or away from each other, and. the.shock will be'left on end on the ground and firmly embedded in thestubble.

This is an important feature of mv invent on nes i i s ial to succe f lh -dling of'the shock that; theheadof the same be compressedv while theshock is leaving the machine and until it strikes the ground. 7

To yieldingly retain the lever 25 in proper position until it strikesthe stop 41,1 pro-' vide a rectractile spring 5O interposed between thelever and the shock-former 1, as illustrated. V

The operation hereinbefore described takes place during the rotation. ofthe shaft 2 through a part, preferably onehalf, of a' revolution. 7 I

51, 51 are metallic flanges fixed to the carrier 4 and arranged toslide-inside and underneath channel beams'6. Incidental to the rotationof the shaft 2 through the remainder of the revolution, the carrier 4 ismoved forwardly relative to the direction in -which the machineis-moved, whereupon the former 1 will be swung back to its initialhorizontal position, and the door 26 will be latched in closed position.WVhile the former 1 is moving from the upright position interposedbetween and connected. to the to the initialhorizontal position, cables55 slides 15 and the uprights 42 operate to reshaft 2, the organizedmechanism, which will'now be described in detail,cis provided.

At the opposite endof the shaft 2 with reference to'the crank 7,-isabeveled gear 60 with which isintermeshed a gear 61 on a shaft 62,journaled-in uprights 63 on one of the channeI-beains-G. M'o-untedtoslide on and turn with the shaft 62 is 'a clutch member 64', and looselymounted on said shaft 62 is an opposed clutch member 65 to ich is. fix da procket. ge r 6.- Also fixed th r spect o e l ch. em er 61 sa p ck tgea 67? Conn c ing a oc e I 7 sea 68 Q "thri meu' ha f th h rvesterbinder with the sprocket gear 66 is a sprocket belt 70. The sprocketgear 67 is sig d hro gh a nwskstbelt 71 to drive a sprocket gear 72,loose on the lower shaft 73- of the bundle elevator of the harvesterbind r.- I Fi sd o th aid sea 2 is a h member 74; and opposed to saidclutchmember 74 is a clutch member 75, mounted to turn with and slide onthe shaft? 3. The

upper shaft 76 of the bundle elevator is driven from the shaft 7 3through the intermeshedgears 77 and 78, I 80, and;.81 are levers,loosely connected together at. 82, The lever 80 is connected to theclutch member 64. and the lever 81 is connected to the cl'utchmember 75.It will also be noticed that a cable 84 is connected to the lever 80.This cable 84 is connected to a foot lever (not shown) on the harveste hnder; h aid foot e r bei i preferably disposed in the same position asthe foot lever ordinarily employed to control the bundle carrier of themachine. It

will be readily apparent from the foregoing that a pull on the cable 8iwill be attended by clutching of the sprocket gear 66 to the shaft 62and the unclutching or disconnec-. tion of the sprocket gear 72 from theshaft 73. This synchronously stops the bundle elevator and puts theshocker in operation. As will be observed by reference to the drawings,the lever 80 is provided at its lower end with an upwardly extending arm90.

Immediately before the carrier 4 reaches the extremity of its beforedescribed forward traverse, the said carrier strikes the arm 90 of thelever 80 and thereby disconnects the gear 66 from the shaft 62 to renderthe shocker idle, and at the same time connects the gear 72 with theshaft 73 to reestablish the operation of the bundle elevator.

The bundle elevator }067' 86 constitutes in itself no part of myinvention and it may therefore be of the conventional or of any otherconstruction compatible with the purpose of my invention.

While the rods 19 on the clamps 11 are shown as circular incross-section, it is obvious that the said rods may be of any angularform in cross-section when deemed desirable with a view to utilizingsaid rods 19 to prevent swinging of the clamps 11 in the former 1.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters- Patent, is:

1. In a shocker, the combination of a swinging shock former, areciprocatory carrier on which the shock former is mounted, shockcompressing means in the former, means for reciprocating the carrier,means actuable by reciprocation of the carrier for swinging the former,and means actuable by the reciprocation of the carrier and the swingingof the former for operating the shock-compressing means.

2. In a shocker, the combination of a swinging shock former having anend door, a reciprocatory carrier on which said former is mounted, meansfor reciprocating the carrier, means actuable bv reciprocation of thecarrier for swinging the former, means for latching the end door of theformer, and means for releasing said end door on swinging of the former.

3. In a shocker, the combination of a swinging shock former having anend door, shock-compressing means in the former, means for latching theend door and the shock-compressing means, means for reciprocating thecarrier, means actuable by reciprocation of the carrier for swinging theformer, means actuable by reciprocation of the carrier and swinging ofthe former for operating the compressing means, and means for releasingthe end door and the compressing means on swinging of the former.

4. In a shocker, the combination of a swinging shock former, areciprocatory carrier on which the former is mounted, means actuable byreciprocation of the carrier for swinging the former, the bundleelevator of a harvester and binder, means for reciprocating the carrierand actuating the bundle elevator, normally controlled means forsynchronously putting the bundle elevator out of operation and thecarrier in operation, and means operated by the return movement of thecarrier for putting the carrier out of operation and the bundle elevatorin operation.

5. In a shocker, the combination of a swinging shock former, areciprocatory car rier on which the former is mounted, means actuable byreciprocation of the carrier for swinging the former, the bundleelevator of a harvester and binder, means for reciprocating the carrierand actuating the bundle elevator, normally controlled means forsynchronously putting the bundle elevator out of operation and thecarrier in operation, shock-compressing means in the shock former, meansactuable by reciprocation of the carrier and swinging of the former foroperating said compressing means, and means operated by the returnmovement of the carrier for putting the carrier out of operation and thebundle elevator in operation.

6. In a shocker, the combination of a shock-former, means formanipulating the same, shock-compressing clamps in the former, means formoving said clamps toward each other during swinging movement of theformer, means for holding the clamps against movement longitudinally ofthe former during swinging of the former, means for suddenly releasingthe clamps when the former is in upright position, and means forrestoring the clamps to and securing the same in their initial positionswhen the former is restored to its initial position.

7. In a shocker, a shock former constructed and arranged to be swungupwardly and forwardly on a center located adjacent to its upper andforward corner, means actuable by movement of the former for compressinga shock during movement of the former, means for releasing andpermitting downward endwise movement of the shock while undercompression, and means for 7 upper and forward corner, a rectilinearlymovable carrier in which the former is mounted, means carried by andmovable with the former and. actuable by 'movement of the former andcarrier for compressing a shock during movement of the former andcarrier, means for releasing and permitting downward endwise movement ofthe shock while under compression, and means for 10 suddenly releasingthe shock to stand the same on end; I

9.;In a shocker, the combination of a shock former movable from ahorizontal position to an upright position, means for operating saidformer, means for compressing the head of a shock, as the shock movesdownwardly relativelyto the former; said means being movable inwardly onmovement of the former to its upright position and being also movabledownwardly with respect to the former, means for moving the'compressingmeans inwardly, and means reciprocation of the carrier for moving the Qformer, and means actuable by the reclprocation of the carrier and themovementof the former for operating the shock-compressing means.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presenceoftwo-subscribing wit- 7' "IIGSSGS.

Witnesses S. C. STONER,

EDWIN VAIL.

FRED, Hf I-IEUMANN.

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